However, it looks like that's finally about to change. BoxOfficeMojo is reporting that Spider-Man: Homecoming has officially passed $700 million at the worldwide box office this weekend, with a total of just over $702 million at this point. This news comes following the film's theatrical release in Japan this past Friday, where it's earned $7.1 million so far. This was just slightly higher than what the film earned domestically this weekend, raking in an additional $6.1 million in the States, pushing its domestic total to a little over $306 million.

With this new milestone, it's fair to say that Spider-Man: Homecoming will at least pass the worldwide box office total of The Amazing Spider-Man 2, which earned close to $709 million for itself back in 2014. However, the film looks unlikely to pass the worldwide totals of any of the other live-action Spider-Man films, including Sam Raimi's Spider-Man ($821 million), Spider-Man 2 ($783 million), and Spider-Man 3 ($890 million), or director Marc Webb's 2012 reboot, The Amazing Spider-Man ($757 million).

Now, on a production budget of $175 million, a worldwide total of just over $700 million still makes Spider-Man: Homecoming an all-around success for Marvel and Sony. But, at the same time, this could be indicative of a possibly increasing lack of interest in the Spider-Man property amongst general movie going audiences, especially since Spider-Man: Homecoming ranks as one of the most well-reviewed of any of the films to date. And considering that Marvel has already started work on a sequel to Homecoming - which will hit theaters in 2019 after Avengers 4 - and Sony is currently developing multiple stand-alone Spider-Man spinoff films, it'll be interesting to see if any of them are able to break the property's recent box office downturn over the next few years.